Richmond's long-serving mayor dies

December 5, 2012 |Compiled from staff and wire photos

Richmond Mayor Hilmar Moore's uninterrupted terms in the city's top seat - he served for 63 years - are believed to be the longest, successive tenure of service of a mayor in Texas, and the longest in the United States.

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Considered to be the longest-serving mayor, Hilmar Moore, 90, walks into the Richmond City Hall Annex past a picture of himself when he was first took office in 1949 Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, in Richmond.

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Considered to be the longest-serving mayor, Hilmar Moore, 90, walks into the Richmond City Hall Annex past a picture of himself when he was first took office in 1949 Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, in Richmond.